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EP 0 903 742 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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02.06.1999 Bulletin 1999/22 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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24.03.1999 Bulletin 1999/12 |
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Date of filing: 17.09.1998 |
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Priority: |
17.09.1997 JP 251995/97
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Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD |
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Kadoma-shi,
Osaka 571-0000 (JP) |
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- Okada, Tomoyuki
Katano-shi,
Osaka-fu 576-0021 (JP)
- Tsuga, Kazuhiro
Takarazuka-shi,
Hyogo-ken 665-0803 (JP)
- Hamasaka, Hiroshi
Hirakata-shi,
Osaka-fu 573-1149 (JP)
- Saeki, Shinichi
Sennan-gun,Osaka-fu 599-0303 (JP)
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Representative: Crawford, Andrew Birkby et al |
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A.A. THORNTON & CO.
Northumberland House
303-306 High Holborn
London WC1V 7LE
London WC1V 7LE (GB) |
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Video data editing apparatus, optical disc for use as a recording medium of a video
data editing apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium |
(57) One or more video objects are recorded on an optical disc. When a user indicates
a linking edit that links sections of the video objects, video object units (VOBUs)
that include picture data at the end of a former section and VOBUs that include picture
data at the start of a latter section are read from the optical disc and the audio
packs and video packs are separated from these read VOBs. Next, the video packs are
re-encoded and some of the audio packs that were originally in the former section
are multiplexed into the latter section. The result of the multiplexing is then recorded
onto the optical disc.